The Carmel Arts Council's World's Smallest Children's Art Gallery is dwarfed today by the other options that have appeared in the city.

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From the Carmel Symphony to The Palladium and Center for the Performing Arts, there are plenty ofplayers in the city's arts community.

After a decade of watching the growth of the Arts & Design District - where art galleries and sidewalk statues adorn much of Main Street - it's understandable how one of the city's original arts organizations could get overlooked. The many residents may never have heard of the Carmel Arts Council or noticed its World's Smallest Children's Art Gallery that sits within the district.

But the tiny gallery, the council that oversees it and its leader have been ...